Recent Acquisitions, Part Two

July 30 - September 2, 2001

The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to present its second scheduled Permanent Collection exhibition this summer in the Reynolds Gallery. The exhibition features newly acquired artwork by accomplished Canadian artists Germaine Koh, Greg Murdock, Guido Molinari, Alan Wood and Toni Onley.

This exhibition features Self-portrait, an exciting work in progress by artist and independent curator, Germaine Koh.  Koh’s conceptually-generated work looks at the significance of everyday actions, familiar objects and common places.  She received a B.A. and B.F.A from the University of Ottawa and an M.F. A. from Hunter College of City University, New York.  She has exhibited her work widely throughout North America, Europe, Mexico and Australia since 1990.

Jiri, a richly painted large-scale painting by Vancouver-based artist, Greg Murdock is displayed in the exhibition.  Murdock studied fine arts at the University of Saskatchewan, the Institute Allende in Mexico and Emily Carr Insitute of Art and Design.  His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including an exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery in 1995 titled Greg Murdock:  On Paper. 

Also featured, three Untitled prints by one of Canada’s leading modern artists, Guido Molinari.  Molinari has worked consistently in a non-figurative style for over forty years.  Working as an artist since 1951, he has had countless exhibitions and received several prestigious awards for his work.

 Lake Light #3 and #4 are two of a series of Alan Wood paintings that are promised gifts to the gallery.  They join a series of prints by Wood already in the collection.  Alan Wood is a renowned senior Canadian artist whose work has been shown extensively throughout Europe, North America and Australia.  The works are part of a series that was produced in response to his experience living on Okanagan Lake in the late seventies.

Following up on the three Untitled pieces exhibited in Part One of the Recent Acquisition series, we are showing another piece by Toni Onley titled Chase, which was completed during the same period.  This technique of torn paper collage began when Onley was studying in Mexico in the late 1950’s.  Onley has shown extensively throughout Canada and has also been involved in exhibitions in the United States, France and Mexico.  He currently lives and works in Vancouver.

As part of this exhibition, we incorporated a reading area where viewers could peruse catalogues, books and magazines that focused on the featured artists.

Installation Images

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